Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5522
(formerly typ/3598)

	Ἐπείπερ οὐκ ἔληξε δυσμενῶν σπάθη
	ἀφιεροῖ τὴν βίβλον αὖθις ὁ Κρήτης
	μονῇ Σιναΐτιδι τῇ πρὸς τῇ βάτῳ.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 81-82
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Nikephoros Moschopoulos (13th-14th c.) - RGK: I.303, II.98, II.417, III.492 - VGH: 88.A, 340.E - PLP: VII.19376 (metropolites of Crete < Greece)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Nikephoros Moschopoulos (13th-14th c.) - RGK: I.303, II.98, II.417, III.492 - VGH: 88.A, 340.E - PLP: VII.19376 (metropolites of Crete < Greece)
Tag(s)	Dedication
Translation(s)	Da das Schwert der Feindseligen nicht abließ, weiht der (Metropolit) von Kreta das Buch wiederum dem Sinaikloster beim Dornbusch. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 81
Bibliography	Primary M. Manousakas 1957, Νικηφόρου Μοσχοπούλου ἐπιγράμματα σὲ χειρόγραφα τῆς βιβλιοθήκης του, Ελληνικά, 15, 232-246: 234
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[22776] ἐπείπερ οὐκ ἔληξε δυσμενῶν σπάθη [1303] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 206 [1303] (f. 359r) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, ÄG3 Vassis ICB 2005, 245: "Niceph. Moschopoulos, Subscr. in evangelium"
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